California Angels vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 31, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 8, Toronto Blue Jays 7

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing lf 6 0 1 1
Howell rf 6 3 3 0
Ray 2b 5 2 3 1
Joyner 1b 2 2 1 1
Buckner dh 4 0 3 2
White cf 5 0 0 2
DeCinces 3b 5 0 0 0
Schofield ss 5 0 0 0
Boone c 4 1 1 0
Candelaria p 0 0 0 0
  Buice p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Fraser p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 12 7
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Beniquez rf 3 0 1 0
  Mulliniks ph,3b 2 1 1 2
Iorg 2b 3 0 0 0
  Liriano ph,2b 2 0 1 1
Fernandez ss 5 1 3 1
Bell lf 4 1 1 0
Fielder dh 5 0 0 0
Barfield cf,rf 5 1 1 1
Gruber 3b 2 0 0 0
  Leach ph 1 1 1 0
  Moseby cf 2 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 0 1
Moore c 2 0 0 0
  Whitt ph,c 2 1 1 1
Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 10 7
California 000 231 001 018120
Toronto 000 000 700 007100
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria   6.1 5 3 3 0 5
  Buice   0.1 4 4 4 2 0
  Minton   2.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Fraser  W (9-8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lucas  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
10
7
7
4
9
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Nunez   4.2 7 5 5 2 6
  Eichhorn   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Cerutti   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Henke  L (0-5) 4.0 3 2 1 2 1
Totals
11.0
12
8
7
7
9

  E–None.  PB–Whitt (5).  2B–California Howell (17,off Nunez); Buckner (11,off Nunez); Downing (25,off Eichhorn), Toronto Beniquez (10,off Candelaria); Barfield (16,off Candelaria); Mulliniks (22,off Buice).  SH–Buckner (1,off Cerutti); Ray (1,off Henke).  IBB–White (1,by Cerutti); Joyner (9,by Henke).  CS–White (11,2nd base by Henke/Whitt).  IBB–Cerutti (3,White); Henke (3,Joyner).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:49.  A–30,224.
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